title: Diagnosis and follow-up of chronic bacterial prostatitis with recurrent urinary tract infection detected by 67Ga scintigraphy and SPECT/CT.
abstract: Half of male populations will have symptoms and signs of prostatitis in their lifetime. There is controversy concerning diagnosis of prostatitis with (67)Ga scintigraphy because the focal midline pelvic uptake is usually considered to be physiologic uptake in colon. The authors describe (67)Ga scintigraphy and SPECT/CT findings of a 58-year-old man with right flank pain and fever. The examination demonstrated abnormal uptake of Ga within the prostate and right kidney upper pole, suggesting prostatitis and acute pyelonephritis (APN) contemporary. After completion of antibiotic treatment, follow-up scintigraphy and SPECT/CT showed complete resolution of APN, but uptake remained within the prostate.
authors.affiliation: From the *Departments of Radiology, †Internal Medicine, and ‡Nuclear Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji-Hyeon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Jin Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: In Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Hyun
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D012008:Recurrence; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes